# affirmative

> English word · Adjective · IPA /əˈfɜːmətɪv/ · frequency rank #13,455

## Definitions
1. pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
2. pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
3. positive
4. Confirmative; ratifying.
5. Dogmatic.
6. Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
7. positive; not negative

## Etymology
From Middle English affirmative, affirmatyve, from Old French affirmatif, from Latin affirmativus, from affirmare (“to assert”).

## Easily confused with
- **affirmation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/affirmation-vs-affirmative)

## Common misspellings (14)
`affimrative`, `affiramtive`, `affirmaitve`, `affirmatiev`, `affirmativve`, `affirmattive`, `affirmatvie`, `affirmmative`, `affirmtaive`, `affirrmative`, `affrimative`, `afifrmative`, `afirmative`, `fafirmative`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/affirmative